Dec 11
Statistically generated near-term price forecasts are useful to compare/contrast with Extension ad hoc price estimates, USDA monthly price estimates, and trade price estimates. Ongoing cotton price forecasting research at Texas A&M University provides some timely short-term (monthly average) price forecasts that shed light on the 2024 season. As depicted in Figure 1, over the period January 2014 to …
Dec 11
Farm Director KC Sheperd chatted with US Custom Harvesters President David Misener. The organization began in 1983 with a group of combine operators. It has since grown to include silage choppers, cotton pickers, and manure spreaders. If a farmer runs into trouble with their own harvest equipment or lacks the proper equipment to do a …
Dec 11
The Pinion Global group recently held a webinar discussing the impact of the 2024 election on the food and Agriculture Sector. Pinion’s Government & Public Affairs director, Brian Kuehl, assessed the potential impacts of recent electoral outcomes on farmers and agriculture companies, including expected effects of tariffs and trade, likely tax code changes, the Farm …
Dec 11
The Missouri Corn Growers Association and Missouri Corn Merchandising Council are continuing the longstanding tradition of awarding seven deserving students $1,000 scholarships in 2025. Applications for the Missouri Corn Scholarship Program are now available online for high school seniors and college juniors pursuing a degree in agriculture. “Missouri Corn is proud to invest in our outstanding young leaders and …
Dec 11
For too long, the federal government has been a model of inefficiency and wastefulness, squandering hard-earned taxpayer dollars. Bureaucrats and unelected officials in Washington have failed to manage your money responsibly. Under the leadership of President Trump, we have been given a mandate by the people to reform our government, cut unnecessary spending, and run …
Dec 11
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species with a 4(d) rule. “Preserving natural surroundings for America’s wildlife has long been a priority for farmers and ranchers. That dedication extends to the monarch butterfly. “The use of …
Dec 11
Weekly, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist Paul Beck offers his expertise on the beef cattle industry. This is part of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Mark Johnson, and Beck. Today, he talks about drinking water for stocker cattle on wheat pasture. We …
Dec 11
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Dec 10
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species with a 4(d) rule. “Preserving natural surroundings for America’s wildlife has long been a priority for farmers and ranchers. That dedication extends to the monarch butterfly. “The use of …
Dec 10
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a second commercial poultry flock in Adair County. HPAI was first detected in a separate Adair County flock on November 30. “We knew it was …
